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Ball
Di likkle ball weh di dealer fling roun di track di opposite way to di rotor. Modern ball mek outta ivorine or Teflon, 18–21 mm.
Inna context
Di size a di ball change ow much it bounce: a smalla ball rattle longer between di fretgearFretDi metal divider between two pocket pon di wheel (di likkle wall between pocket).Read di whole ting → dem bifo it settle. Studio switch size fi change ow it behave.
Yuh did know?
Dem did use ivory ball till di middle a di 20th century; collector still call di synthetic one dem “ivorine”, di trade name fi a celluloid substitute fram di 1890s.